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Kim, Lori – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2004
The article examines the innovative project proposals that have been funded by the first Charter College of Education in the nation. Innovative programs does help the College accomplish its mission in providing learner-centered environment and promoting collaboration.
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Schools of Education, Program Proposals, Grants
Kuscova, Simona; Buckley, Jack – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
Many proponents of school choice use the claim of the market's capability to enhance efficiency and improve performance to call for its expansion. But no markets are perfectly competitive, and the local market for public goods is filled with institutional arrangements that make it differ from the neoclassical ideal. In this paper, we look at a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Podgursky, Michael – Education Working Paper Archive, 2006
This paper examines reasons why personnel policy and wage setting differ between traditional public, private, and charter schools and the effects of these policies on academic measures of teacher quality. Survey and administrative data suggest that the regulatory freedom, small size of wage-setting units, and a competitive market environment make…
Descriptors: Personnel Policy, Wages, Differences, Public Schools
Landauer-Menchik, Bettie – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2006
A 2002 study, "Race in American Public Schools: Rapidly Resegregating School Districts," identified Michigan as the state with the most segregated schools in the nation. The present data brief looks at changes in the distribution of Michigan's African American students between 1992-93 and 2004-05 to determine if African American students…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, African American Students, Urban Areas
Hassel, Bryan C.; Terrell, Michelle Godard; Kowal, Julie – Education Sector, 2006
Among many publicly-funded school choice initiatives that have earned Florida the label "school choice central", none has reached as many children and families as charter schools. Charter schools have flourished in Florida largely because of the state's rapid population growth: many of the districts that are experiencing more than a 10…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Class Size, School Choice, Academic Achievement
Abell Foundation, 2006
One of the most intractable problems facing urban schools is the low performance of middle school-aged children. This is particularly true for the 13,360 students who attend the Baltimore City Public School System's (BCPSS) traditional middle schools, which serve only 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Not one of these 21 middle schools met…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Middle School Students, Public Schools, Academic Achievement
Davidson, Sally – Teaching Artist Journal, 2006
The author's students were an unhappy, skeptical group of middle school students. Many of them had emotional issues. Many had drug addiction and prostitution in their broken and poverty-ridden families. Her school, which is a small charter school in a remote Arizona town, was a place of last resort for these students, who probably would not…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Drug Addiction, Autism, Middle School Students
Farmer-Hinton, Raquel L.; Adams, Toshiba L. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2006
Glenn Hills College Preparatory Charter High School (GHCP) fosters college access for Black students who are first generation college-bound and living in poor neighborhoods. To help GHCP students make the transition to college, the school's counselors work to fulfill a variety of targeted roles and responsibilities. This study examines the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Social Capital, College Preparation, College Bound Students
Smiles, Robin, Ed. – Education Sector, 2009
This third edition of the "ES Review" brings together, in one setting, some of the best work from 2008-09. It features: (1) K-12 Accountability (Measuring Skills for the 21st Century (Elena Silva); Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment (Bill Tucker); Testing the Limits (Bill Tucker); Changing the Game: The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Student Evaluation
Romanik, Dale; Rembowski, Mary – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2010
The State of Florida Department of Education provides pre-and-post-graduation data for public high school graduates throughout Florida. These data were used for the present report to produce data sets for all M-DCPS regular high schools and charter high schools graduating students in 2007 and 2008. Summary data for the district are also provided.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Vocational Schools, Feedback (Response), High School Graduates
Nichols, Sharon L. – Elementary School Journal, 2006
This study took place at a newly formed charter school serving 150 students in a large metropolitan city in the southwest. Students were mostly Hispanic (98%), and all were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected in interviews with 45 sixth- (n = 28), seventh- (n = 10), and eighth- (n = 7) grade…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Gender Differences, Charter Schools, Student Attitudes
Greenawalt, Charles E. – 1995
A charter school is an autonomous educational entity operating under a contract negotiated between the organizers who manage the school (teachers, parents, or others from the public or private sector) and the sponsors who oversee the provisions of the charter (local school boards, state education boards, or some other public authority). The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
San Diego Chamber of Commerce, CA. Business Roundtable for Education and Charter Schools Consortium. – 1996
In 1992, California became the second state to enact legislation enabling the creation of charter schools. This report provides information about 44 California charter schools that, as of the 1994-95 school year, had been in operation for at least 1 year. These 44 schools responded to a survey that was sent to each of the 62 California charter…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 1996
Signed into law on September 2, 1992, California's charter-school law has led to the approval of over 100 charter schools. San Diego City Schools (SDCS) was one of the first districts to sponsor charter schools, including the Harriet Tubman School, 1 year after the law became effective. This report provides a brief overview and summary of a case…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
WestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 1996
Signed into law on September 2, 1992, California's charter-school law has led to the approval of over 100 charter schools. San Diego City Schools (SDCS) was one of the first districts to sponsor charter schools, including the Harriet Tubman School, 1 year after the law became effective. This document provides a brief overview and summary of a case…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education